CHENNAI: All it took was one gigantic effort at the biggest sporting stage for Pakistan javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem to inspire the next generation. With his gold medal in the Paris Olympics, Nadeem made Pakistan believe again; he ended a painful 40-year wait for a yellow metal and became the first from the south Asian nation to bag gold in an individual sport at the quadrennial showpiece.
His 92.97-metre Olympic record throw has made young athletes say, "I want to become like Nadeem and make the country proud" and this is not an exaggeration. One of the upcoming athletes in javelin from Pakistan is Bilal Muhammad, who will compete in the Junior South Asian Athletics Championship (SAAC) in Chennai from Thursday.
